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20 Things Only Minnesotans Understand About Winter

Sure, we get a brief respite during Minnesota's glorious summers, but otherwise our winter's are so devastatingly long and intense, that they inevitably lead us to question our own sanity for choosing to live here. But, they've also given us some excellent insights into this terrible season that people elsewhere really just can't ever fully understand...

10. How to fix a snow-covered satellite dish

11. We, personally, are great at winter driving

It's all the rest of the yahoos out on the roads who are mucking everything up.

12. There are no snow days

A massive fleet of snowplows ready to clear and salt the roads means that even if it snowed 6+ inches from midnight-3am, schools aren’t going to close. You’re lucky if there’s a two hour late-start. Cold days are a different story.

13. Looking at the temperature doesn’t actually tell you how cold it is outside

It might say it’s 12 degrees out, but it’s probably going to feel like -45 with the windchill.

14. A 20-degree day can actually be pretty "nice"

Above 32 degrees? Time for sweatshirts and shorts.

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15. Snow emergencies…

Does anyone actually know how these work? When are you suppose to move your car? Which streets are allowing parking tonight? Is it changing before morning? 50 bucks says your car is getting towed no matter what.

16. Getting up 15 minutes early to defrost your car/scrape the windshield

Don’t forget to kick the chunks of snow off the mud flaps! Oh, and sometimes we’ll even go out and start the car with no intention of going anywhere, just to make sure it still works should we actually want to venture out somewhere.

17. Never buy a used car from Minnesota

The salt used on the roads ruins them, just like it ruins every article of outerwear in your closet.